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SOLD BY SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, AND CO., LD. ; BAILLIERE, PARIS: HODGES, FIGGIS, AND CO., DUBLIN : AND ASHER, BERLIN, 1912. “Omnes res creatz sunt divine sapientie et potenti testes, divitie felicitatis humane :—ex harum usu Jonitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; ex ceconomid in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis elucet. 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J. Taytor, Norwich, 1818. CONTENTS OF VOL. X. [EIGHTH SERIES. } NUMBER 55. Page I. Descriptions of new Species of Pyralide of the Subfamily Pyraustine. By Sir Grorer F, Hampson, Bart., F.Z.S., &e. .... 1 II. Descriptions and Records of Bees—XLV. By T. D. A. @ocmmnnuL, Oniversity of Colorado: 6.6 sfc'e sels slalsie'e eles cae ees 21 Ill. Preliminary Descriptions of Eleven new Crinoids belonging to the Families Himerometride, Mariametride, and Colobometride, discovered by the ‘Siboga’ in the Dutch Hast Indies. By Austin IE WeR COOH A Kear stn er eh costs OR ED OBIS nN ag ganas ai hare ere ee te IV. Mammals from the Ja River, Cameroons. By OLpFIELp ERETOMEAS chee os cine « wie GRO Beek” Mee eGeneIe. Carica aie V. Small Mammals from South America, By OLDFIELD THomas. 44 VI. Notes on Fossorial Hymenopteraa—XI. By Rowzanp een a A, BLN. 0 5 yaw ok « hea aoe een cos Lees aes 48 VII. Descriptions of new Harvest-men of the Family Phalango- meepeeby STANGMY bresie «(Plate Di)ic ws. cnie. crags seaoeeuee 63 VUI. Hersilia (Clausidium) vancouverensis. By KATHLEEN re mR ke Eta rere ia ort ela sep act sain, od hd ave, onsen 9 acs 84 IX. Descriptions of Ethiopian Rhynchota (Heteroptera). By UE i NUNS ae afelshe) ceo ak cin, etpeis. ho Mp ta Ve wm hd a, Ui) aiard apes wap es 87 X. A Discussion of the General Classification of the Pelecypoda, By M. Cottey Marcu, M.Sc., Geological Department, Manchester Miioersiigee: (hice PEE sits y's dees ee ka eh es bade cele sets ve, GE XI. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews.— No. XXXIII. By Prof. M‘Inrosn, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., &e. PEM UE Ways salads ie titldiele we leutdielwtrnistelnivids 4 aigene® wansdes 117 XIf. A new Elephant Shrew from the Island of Zanzibar. By Guy DoLLMAN .,......., Pa Rowse aM Pusha Vee Ow ane ony via eae 180 lv CONTENTS. Page XIII. On a new Palm-Civet from Timor. By Ernst Scuwanrz. 131 XIV. On a Terrestrial Amphipod from Kew Gardens. By W.T. OMAN, DP Ts. gas eae cae kee Daite omleW inn REET Bo 132 XV. Descriptions of Three new African Cichlid Fishes of the Genus Tilapia,, preserved in the British Museum. By G. A. BOULENGHE, LYE S. 26 eer «sss + ais shemies Oe siege Giese ett © binge 138 XVI. Descriptions of new African Batrachians preserved in the British Museum. By G. A. BouLEnGER, F.R.S. ......--...06- 140 XVU. A Revision of the Asilide of Australasia. By GERTRUDE BRE CNIDG 5 6 85 ais cise s uti fe io Sites eee nit wl OR oiele Posi eee ee i 142 New Books:—A Revision of the Ichnewmonide, based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. Part I. Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. By CraupE Mortry, F.Z5., F.E.S.—Records of the Indian Museum. (A Journal of Indian Zoology.) Vol. iv. no. x. Annotated Catalogue of Oriental Culicrde. Supplement. By E. BRUNETTI ......,..... 160, 161 Proceedings of the Geological Society ........--....ee eee 161, 162 Ee Hitorsal NGC ory sy pice e es pe ana 7 iupka Ca vpoisinnawains Catan 164 NUMBER 56, XVIII. Report on the Annelida Polycheta collected in the North Sea and adjacent parts by the Scotch Fishery Board Vessel ‘ Goldseeker.—Part I. Amphinomide to Sigaliontide. By WILLIAM Smatu, M.A., B.Sc., Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. CPA ate Way SSS. keke. tales athe gp eles sie Ce ee ena eee 165 XIX. Descriptions of new Batrachians from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. By G. A. BouLENGER, BUSS 25555 Gi8 ie ob AG leek eink oi ties OOPRS date te eet ote e ae ace 185 XX. New or little-known Ethiopian Hemiptera. By E. Brr- ROTH, COPEL IS. 1.5 5545 555058 bois gdh ae kk 0 bless Oe cee nha aan 191 XXI. Lygistorrhina urichit, a new Mycetophilid from Trinidad. SBy-F. ‘W.: Eowarnns, BaAs- FOES.” 6526.5 sn ses es a on ne 203 XXII. A new Vespertilionine Bat from Angola. By Ovp¥rirLp PISERONGASS <5), 5 005.5 dicts ascle himloles 6» ehe/aiienr tp ialeie yo ele ta nate ea 204 XXIII. On a Species of Nymphon from the North Pacific. By Fiora M. Scott, M.A., University College, Dundee. (Plate VII.) 206 XXIV. A Revision of the South-American Siluroid Fishes of the Genus Corydoras, with a List of the Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). By C. Tare Rrean, M.A. 209 CONTENTS. XXYV. Some Considerations in regard to the Classification of the Order Thysanoptera. By Ricwarp S, Baenatn, F.LS., F.ES., Hope Department of Zoology, University Museum, Oxford ...... XXVI. Entomological Notes from the London School of Tropical Medicine.—No. LV. ”Blood-sucking Diptera from Port Darwin, Australia. By Sopuia L. M. SUMMERS, M.A., B.Sc., Carnegie Biameniou Aperaeen University’ fo... cv cch ue ct ete c ences cceebe XXVII. Two new Species of Nasua, By OtpFreLtp THomas ., XXVIII. Description of a new Desert-Lark from the Central Weecstemsanara.) By Henge HaRTERE o.oo s eda w ceieala gene 2: XXIX. New Species of Heterocera from Costa Rica.—XVII. a eR GIANT Miia wow cali os av Ni odele vldg aw dil i’a stead dae o>. XXX. A new Species of Tabanus from German East Africa, in the British Museum (Natural History). By Ernest E. Austen... 2 XXXI. On a new Species of Oligoneuria (Ephemeride) from British Hast Africa. By Rey. A. EH. HATON.......-...00ce ne esi XXXII. Some new Species of Ipide and Pp ee in the British Museum. By Lt.-Col. Winn Sampson, F.1.S. me XXXIII. On new Species of HWisteride and Notices of others. LY 2 SLE US REALS Be are na WL CL" Pere ane See 2 XXXIV. Notes on Guiana Birds. By Lorp Brapournge, F.ZS., M.B.0.U., and Caar.tes Cuups, F.Z.8., M.B.0O.U., Zoological SEMEN SretisEY NEUSEUTE 2275.65 io1ig swe sisinsieisia’e les lnaata aanaa XXXYV. Description of a new Cichlid Fish from the Lower eee by Cy. A SOULENGERS BZ.5. Slee sice ssc. cavdcsende ens New Book :—Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomological Series. Vol. IV. No. 1. Eri Silk. By H. Maxwett-Lerroy and ©. C. SHOSH, Agricultural Research PPE PEGE EISEN isthe tet soot var area oles aeeeer ne eee oie Wi sia e a ate, whe, ns A Review of South-African Lind-Mollusca belonging to the Family Zontide, by Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. &e.; Errata in Dr. Arnbiick-Christie-Linde’s paper in the ‘ Annals’ CUP OCs gS Ge eS have Meare arcs wer sata or eeaks NUMBER 57. XXXVI. The Classification of the Blennioid Fishes. By C. Tarr eRe RNME OE a eNaer Hier soc e Cee eetA eC f uink sche vie ss XXXVI, Two new West-African Mammals. By Oxvrretp PERIOMAS cer sis do. 28 RSE ah, cs be sia saa Natta oat we ar ye eats a eet 9 28 XXXVIII. Self-evisceration in the Asteroidea. By NATHANIEL SRM EMA oh cps oleic sriinct'« if See ere be. Pave A Yd ba 5,8 gmp lee ees 2 XXXIX, New Bers. o of Heterocera from Costa Rica.—XVII. By W. Scuavs, F.Z.8. aang Sick AOC OE ICE Ak : vt Page 220 261 268 vb. 264 265 280 al CONTENTS. Page XL. Descriptions and Records of Bees—XLVI. By T. D. A. COGKERELL, University of Colorado <0 056. sjc2 63 sss = 5 ince dll XLI. Three new Species of Neotropical Coccinellide. By Guy PAS? SIE A EEA TYLON seg ches sone igre i eterone aici nhals g eh etc ice’ ole) sce ee 820 XLII. Description of Two new Eels from West Africa, belonging to a new Genus and Family. By C. Tare Beaan, M.A. ........ 323 XLII. Notes on Malay Tigers, with Description of a new Form from Bali. (By Benet SCHWAHZ (7 2). ohio: sania ae ttebinns oer 324 XLIV. Descriptions of some new Burmese Species of Ruteline @oleoptera belonging to the Genus Anomala. By GitBertr J. PPATEREROOW «Re Bonu on, betes asus pogo as n\n oe pepe ects i Sop Bley Sak eee ae 327 XLV. Onthe Stromatoporoids and Eozoon. By R. Kirkpatrick, (Pigtes Waitt EX.) i. ss cae se eee week we slees ce een eee 341 XLVI. The Anatomy and Classification of the Teleostean Fishes of the Order Lyomeri. By C. Tarz Reaan, M.A............... 347 XLVII. A Revision of the Asilide of Australasia. By GERTRUDE TRA a1 1 ae ERE Lata Mtarairg tia sy eocrn e835 5 350 NUMBER 88. XLVIII. Notes on Fossorial Hymenopteraa—X. By Rowxianp 10M Vom tepor el De eae On ONS ee SO A Pee RI hg dat 361 XLIX. The Osteology and Classification of the Teleostean Fishes of the Order Apodes. By C. Tarr Rue@an, M.A..............++- 377 L. A Revision of the South-American Characid Fishes of the Genera Chalceus, Pyrrhulina, Copeina, and Pogonocharax. By CoiBawe HmGan, MAS feos «0 thasiate asl aabis cree: cree alee ea 387 LI. On a Collection of Small Mammals from the Tsin-ling Mountains, Central China, presented by Mr. G. Fenwick Owen to the National Museum. By OLpFrELD THOMAS ................ 395 LII. New Bats and Rodents from 8. America. By OLpFreLp THOMAS Ty. cs sawed eee ewes ss om oe opie eee ee 405 LIIT. New Land and Freshwater Shells collected by Dr. J. Elbert in the Malay Archipelago. By Dr. F. Haas, Frankfurt-a.-M. 412 LIV. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. By G. A. BouLENGER, ORES, eee an wiv. c GF bib shee oe ealenne eal tee Cte ete ee 420 LY. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Bromel- acee. By Hues Scort, M.A. (Cantab.), F.L.S., F.E.S., Curator in Entomology in the University of Cambridge. Including Descriptions of new Insects by W. L. Distant, F.E.S., and the late R, Suxr- FORD, M.A., F.L.S. (Plate KX.) oo... cece ene ne cece were cece 424 LVI. Descriptions of some new Homoptera. By W. L. Distant. 438 LVII. On the Structure of Stromatoporoids and of Hozoon. By R KapepatTricr: »(Plates XL, & ATL) oo. ease ee eee 446 New Book :—Recent Foreign and Colonial Natural History IPeriodreals ee rey etree MMH mn tromhintho Minoe ao ae oF 460 CONTENTS. Vil NUMBER 59. Page LVIII. Notes on the Apide (Hymenoptera) in the Collection of the British Museum, with Descriptions of new Species. By GEOFFREY MEADE-WALDO, M.A. ..........00008 Rep eremehesteat haces 461 LIX. Observations on living Gorgonias (Gorgonia verrucosa) occurring in the English Channel. By J. Sruarr Tuomson, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.R.S.E., Lecturer and Senior Demonstrator in Zoology, Victoria University of Manchester ..........cccessseeeecueeees 479 LX. Descriptions and Records of Bees —XLVII. By T. D. A. CockERELL, University of Colorado LXI. A Revision of the Peeciliid Fishes of the Genera Rivulus, Pterolebias, and Cynolebias. By C. Tate REGAN, M.A........... 494 LXII. New Species of Heterocera from Costa Rica.— XVIII. NMR A Setsvencadienuhiesste eaten anh a wisi a aie hale am ceare 8 LXIII. Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera.—XI. By Row1anp E. Turner, F.Z.S., F.E.S. LXIYV. Brief Diagnoses of Eight new Petalia, with a List of the known forms of the Genus. By KNup ANDERSEN LXV. On Specimens of Cephalodiscus nigrescens supposed to have been dredged in 1841 or 1842. By W.G. RipEwoop............ 550 New Books:—Recent Foreign and Colonial Natural History Periodicals.—Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery. Edited by the Director, Bernarp H. Woop- warp. Vol. I. Part 2.—Distribution and Origin of Life in America. By Ropert Francis Scuarrr, Ph.D., B.Sc, 555, 556 NUMBER 60. LXVI. Descriptions of new Species of Pyralide of the Subfamily Pyraustine. By Sir Grorce F. Hampson, Bart., F.Z.S., &e. .... 557 LXVII. On some Reptilian Lower Jaws. By D. M.S. Watson, M.Sc. LXVIII. Two new Races of Mongoose. By O_pFrrLp THomas. 588 LXIX. On new Mammals from the Islands of the Johore Archi- pelago, South China Sea. By Hersperrt C. Roprnson, C.M.Z.S, .. 689 LXX. Eight new Fishes from Baluchistan. By Dr. Ericu ZUGMAYER, of the Zoological Museum, Munich LXXI. Apherusa jurinei (M.-Edw.). By ALFRED O. WALKER, RRs ef) 1S Gand = ay Ue a SAE Me siaj oie PE Ke eee 600 LXXII. Descriptions of Two new Fishes from the Nile System. eee HOUCENGHE, PVE Si < s vcdeituar deus. sedade tds tence’ 601 LXXIII. Rhynchotal Notes. By W. L. Distant ............ 602 Vill CONTENTS. Page LXXIV. Descriptions of new African Agaristide in the British Museum. By Sir Georex F. Hampson, Bart........... 000.000: 609 LXXV. Two new Mongooses from Somaliland. ae R. E, DRAKE- Brockman, M.R.C.S., L.B.C.P., BZib. ees cuusas Gases. . te tae 612 LXXVI. On the Development of the Pectoral Girdle in the Pipefish (Syngnathus acus). By T. P. Burst, M.A., B.Se., Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews. (Plate XT)». 3a LXXVILI. Notes on some New Zealand Pselaphide in the British Museum, with Descriptions of new Species of the Genus Sagola, By Major T. IBROUN, HBGB. . ees eun es dificil eee th pean ee 621 IXXVITI. The Anatomy and Classification of the Teleostean Fishes of the Order Discocephali. By C. Tarz Recan, M.A. .... 634 LXXIX. The Caristiide, a Family of Berycomorphous Fishes. By ©. Tate Reaan, M.A... ss. sees es sas se eee 637 LXXX. New Centronycteris and Ctenomys from S. America. By Cem ruD THOMAS. oy ies hs ve ale eoe eye es Npleb ae oyu Glee .. 638 LXXXI. A new Cynopterus from Borneo. By KNup ANDERSEN. 640 LXXXII. Sexual Differences in the Peeciliid Fishes of the Genus Cynolebias. By Ox Tare RrGan, MeAw. o. iene eee .. 641 Index severe ee PLATES IN VOL. X. Piatr I, New Harvest-men of the family Phalangodide. II. Hersilia (Clausidium) vancouverensis, K. Haddon. III. Classification of the Pelecypoda. IV. White Porpoise. V. Eteone depressa and Dasybranchus caducus. VI. Annelida Polycheta from the North Sea. VII. Nymphon pixelle, /. M. Scott. VIII. | Ix. X. Fauna of Bromeliacez. XI. | X11.1 XIII. Pectoral girdle in the Pipefish, Stromatoporoids and Eozoon. Stromatoporoids and Eozoon. Vol.10. § SIGHTH SERIES. — No. 55. THE ANNALS | | MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. | ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, anp GEOLOGY. 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Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown ; pectus, base of legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing glossy ochreous brown suffused with fuscous; traces of a dark antemedial line; an obscure dark discoidal spot ; postmedial line dark, rather strongly dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a terminal series of black points ; cilia greyish ochreous at base followed by: Begfit 1€ dark line. Hind wing brown with a cupre St Siva ter minal series of black points ; cilia greyish Hus at base followed by a dark line; the underside greyer, an obscure discoidal a and indistinct maculate postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side. Hab. Paracvay, Sapucay (Foster), 1g type. Hep. 28mm Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. x. i! 2 Sir G. F. Hampson on new (7a) Goniorhynchus octosema, sp. 0. gd. Head and thorax yellow ; palpi black, white at base ; lower part of frons black ; shoulders with brown stripes ; tibize with blackish bands at extremities; abdomen yellow, a black band on third segment, the terminal segments tinged with red-brown, the anal tuft black above and with a black bar before it below. Fore wing golden yellow ; the costal area black-brown from near base to end of cell, expanding into a triangular antemedial patch, a small round spot iu upper part of middle of cell and confluent with a figure-of- eight-shaped discoidal patch, its centre slightly tinged with grey ; antemedial line fine, brown, from cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown, excurved below costa and between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the discoidal patch and sinuous to inner margin ; a terminal black-brown line expanding somewhat at apex ; cilia black-brown with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing golden yellow ; a brown dis- coidal point ; postmedial line brown, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below end of cell and oblique to above tornus ; aterminal black-brown line except towards tornus; cilia black-brown with fine white lines at base and middle. Hab. Stnearore (Ridley), 1 3 type. Hep. 22 mm. (7b) Goniorhynchus marginalis, sp. n. ?. Head and thorax yellowish tinged with brown ; palpi 3 black-brown, white at base; frons and antenne black- brown ; fore tibiz black-brown ; abdomen yellowish white with pair of dorsal brown points on second segment. Fore wing pale yellow, the costal area suffused with brown, the terminal area deep cupreous brown, widening towards costa ; a small brown spot at middle of cell conjoined to the costal area and with a faint line from it to inner margin ; a trian- gular brown discoidal patch conjoined to the costal area ; postmedial line indistinct, nearly straight from costa to vein 2, then retracted to just below angle of cell and erect to inner margin. Hind wing pale yellow; a slight discoidal point ; postmedial line indistinct, excurved between veins 5 and 2; a terminal cupreous-brown band narrowing to a point at tornus. Hab, Peru, La Merced (Watkins & Tomlinson), 1 2 type. Hep, 24mm. (1a) Puletosoma holophealis, sp. n. Antenne of male thickened by a ridge of scales at base ; Species of Pyralide. 3 hind tibie fringed with very long hair above, with a tuft of long hair from base below followed by a thick fringe of hair, the medial spurs absent, the terminal outer spur very long, the first joint of tarsus fringed with very long hair below. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; pectus and base of legs whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen white, fuscous towards extremity, the anal tuft and claspers white below, genital tufts ochreous white. Wings uniform dark brown tinged with purplish, a slight pale line at base of cilia. Hab. Stnearorn (Ridley), 1 3, 1 2 type; Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer),2 9. Hap. 28 mm. (3 @) Botyodes brachytorna, sp. n. Hind wing of male with the termen indented at submedian fold, the tornal area contorted and thickly clothed with rough hair above and below. 6 . Head and thorax orange-yellow; palpiwith black points at sides of joints ; antenne ringed with black towards base ; tegulz, shoulders, and patagia with black spots; fore coxe with black spots, the femora and tibiz at extremities with black bands, the fore tarsi ringed with black; abdomen yellow, the second segment with subdorsal black spots, the terminal segments with silvery rings and the anal tuft silvery, the ventral surface dark brown at extremity. Fore wing yellow; a subbasal black spot below costa ; smal! antemedial black spots below costa and cell and above inner margin ; a silvery discoidal bar defined by brown; the terminal area red-brown with a leaden gloss and defined on inner side by a dark brown line which is sinuous to vein 4, then angled inwards to the discoidal bar and again sinuous to inner margin ; a dark brown subterminal shade, a terminal series of black strize, and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing yellow, the terminal area broadly red-brown with a silvery leaden gloss and defined on inner side by a dark brown line; a dark subterminal shade and black terminal line. ?. Hind wing without the silvery gloss on termen and at tornus, the terminal line broken up into black striz, a dark line near base of cilia. Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 3 3, 1 2 type, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 3, 2 2, Mafalu (Pratt),1 9. Hap. 30-32 mm. (4c) Sylepta monoleuca, sp. n. Antenne of male with the tooth on basal joint large, the shaft thickened just beyond it ; fore wing on underside 1 4 Sir G. I’. Hampson on new with fringes of scales and hair at upper and lower angles of cell. 3g. Head and thorax black-brown, the antennze whitish towards tips, the tarsi whitish ; abdomen fuscous black, the ventral surface white. Fore wing uniform black-brown with a cupreous tinge. Hind wing black-brown with a cupreous tinge; arather quadrate white spot beyond lower angle of cell. Hab. DutcuH N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 g type. Kap. 28 mm. (12a) Sylepta microspilalis, sp. n. 3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with brown ; palpi white at base; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas rather darker; two dark antemedial points in cell and one below the cell with an oblique line from it to inner margin ; a small yellowish discoidal lunule defined by fuscous ; postmedial line dark, minutely dentate and oblique from costa to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique to inner margin with a dark point at submedian fold ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing pale ochreous, the apical area tinged with fuscous ; a slight postmedial line bent outwards and minutely dentate between veins 5 and 2. Hab. Sincavore (Ridley), 2 g type. Exp. 24 mm. (18a) Sylepta albirivalis, sp. un. 9. Head, thorax, and abdomen cupreous brown, the vertex of head whitish ; abdomen with slight whitish segmental lines; palpi at base, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing cupreous brown ; an indistinct oblique whitish antemedial line slightly defined on outer side by fuscous ; a small white spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar defined by fuscous ; a postmedial white line arising below costa, its outer edge very slightly waved to vein 5, where it is very slightly bent outwards, at vein 2 bent inwards to below end of cell, then slightly excurved. Hind wing cupreous brown ; a slight whitish discoidal lmnule defined by fuscous ; postmedial line white faintly defined on inner side by fuscous, very slightly bent outwards at vein 5, at vein 2 bent inwards and almost obsolete to below end of cell, then oblique to above tornus ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the underside greyer. Hab. Duvcu N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 2 type. Exp. 28 mm. Species of Pyralide. g (20 c) Sylepta parvipuncta, sp. n. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown with a greyish tinge ; palpi black, white at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibize with blackish band. Fore wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss ; antemedial line indistinct, whitish defined on outer side by blackish, somewhat oblique from costa to submedian fold ; smali black spots at middle of cell and on discocellulars, the latter with faint whitish marks before and beyond it ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner side by blackish, forming a tridentate white mark from below costa to vein 5, then excurved to vein 2, then bent inwards to below base of cell and more distinct and excurved to inner margin. Hind wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss; a blackish discoidal spot ; postmeddial line whitish defined on inner side by blackish, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then inwards to below angle of cell and oblique to above tornus ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips ; the underside whitish with the terminal area suffused with fuscous, the discoidal lunule and postmedial line more distinct. Hab, Sizrra Leone (Clements), 1 ¢ type ; Gotp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside),1 9. Eup. 24-26 mm. (22a) Sylepta leucographalis, sp. n. 3. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with greyish ; palpi black, greyish at base and tips; pectus and legs whitish, the fore tibiz fuscous at extremities ; abdomen with the basal half grey with fuscous lines, the terminal half fuscous with grey segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown suffused with purple; an antemedial white spot in cell and whitish band from cell to immer margin ; quadrate black spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars with a quadrate white spot between them and smaller spot below the cell ; postmedial line fuscous, incurved and with quadrifid yellowish white patch beyond it from costa to vein 5, bent outwards and slightly defined by white between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and excurved to inner margin, with yellowish white spot beyond it in submedian interspace and small spot above inner margin ; cilia yellowish white from vein’3 to tornus. Hind wing yellowish white ; some diffused fuscous below base of cell; an oblique fuscous band from upper angle of cell to above tornus ; a small dark lunule beyond the cell ; the terminal area fuscous suffused with purple, a postmedial line between veins 5 and 2 slightly 6 Sir G. F. Hampson on new defined by whitish on outer side and retracted at vein 2 ; cilia white at submedian interspace. Hab. Batt (Doherty), 1 3 type. Exp. 30 mm. (32 b) Sylepta tumidipes, sp. un. Mid femora of male greatly dilated. ¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous, the vertex of head, tegule, and patagia with some brown; fore tibize with fuscous band; abdomen with blackish bands on second and penultimate segments and subdorsal streaks on anal segment. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous ; a curved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1, followed by a blackish shade from below costa to inner margin; a strong curved black-brown antemedial line, conjoined at median nervure to an oblique bar in middle of cell ; a pale discoidal bar on a black-brown patch extending to costa ; postmedial line strong, black-brown, incurved from costa to vein 5, ex- curved to vein 2, then bent inwards to the lower edge of the discoidal patch and oblique to inner margin near the ante- medial line; a terminal black-brown band, broad and with curved inner edge from costa to vein 4, then narrow to vein 2 and expanding into a large patch on tornal area confluent with the curve of postmedial line ; cilia brownish with a white line at base and whitish patch above tornus. Hiud wing white tinged with ochreous ; a black discoidal spot with oblique line from it to above inner margin towards tornus ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 where it terminates ; a blackish terminal line expanding into patches at apex and in submedian interspace ; cilia with a slight brownish line through them. Ab. 1. Head and thorax yellower with much more black- brown ; abdomen yellower banded dorsally with black-brown and almost wholly black-brown towards extremity ; wings yellower with the dark areas more extensive and tinged with purple ; fore wing with the whole terminal area dark except a bar from costa and small spot below vein 2; hind wing with the whole terminal area dark except a slight pale line beyond the postmedial line towards costa and the excurved medial part. Hab. Sizrra Leone (Clements), 2 g type ; Goutp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 8; S. Nicgerta, Sapele (Sampson), 23. Exp. 26-28 mm. (35 a) Sylepta microdontalis, sp. n. 3. Pale grey-brown : pectus, legs, and ventral surface of Species of Pyralide. 7 abdomen whitish, the fringe of hair on hind tibie red-brown on inner side. Fore wing with faint pale point in cell and spot below it before the very indistinct antemedial line ; a small pale spot in end of cell before the shght dark discoidal lunule with pale centre ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 3 with two small dentate white marks before it, then retracted to below end of cell and erect toinner margin ; the costa pale before and just beyond it. Hind wing with indistinct dark discoidal spot followed by a faint pale bar before the postmedial ime, which is very indistinct and diffused, forming a spot beyond lower angle of cell, then retracted to lower angle and oblique to inner margin beyond middle ; cilia with brown line near base and whitish tips ; the underside whitish. @. Fore wing rather browner ; the point in cell and spot below it more distinct ; no spot before the discoidal lunule, the lower extremity of which is connected with three small dentate pale marks in sinus of postmedial line, costa not pale ; hind wing with the pale spot beyond the cell more djstinct, the postmedial live excurved at median nervules, not forming a spot. : Hab. Venezurta, 1 fg; Fr. Guiana, Cayenne (Schaus), 1 § type, Maroni R. (Schaus), type 2 in Coll. Schaus. Lxp., § 30, 9 28 mm. ‘These may possibly be different species. (38 a) Sylepta leucinalis, sp. n. 9. Head whitish suffused with cupreous brown; palpi with blackish bands at extremities of first and second joints ; thorax white slightly tinged with brown, the tegule with fuscous patches at middle; the fore tibize with blackish band ; abdomen white with dorsal black band on third segment, the terminal segments slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with brown ; a black point at base of costa, slight subbasal striga from costa and point above inner margin; antemedial line slight, dark, excurved from below costa to inner margin; small dark annuli in and below middle of cell ; an oblique black discoidal bar with white point in its upper part and some brown suffusion below it ; postmedial line double, dentate, oblique from costa to vein 3, at vein 2 bent inwards to below end of cell and angled outwards above vein 1, the area beyond it suffused with brown from apex to vein 4 and towards tornus; a terminal series of blackish striz ; cilia with dark line through them and dark pcints at tips. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown ; two 8 Sir G. F. Hampson on new slight dark discoidal points and brownish shades below and beyond end of cell ; postmedial line double, dentate, with a dark spot on the inner line at discal fold, ineurved at sub- median fold ; the apex with brown patch ; a terminal series of blackish strize and a brown line through the cilia. Hab. HK. Peru, Pozuzo, 2 2? type. Hap. 30 mm. (40a) *Sylepta desmialis, sp. n. Hind tibiz of male with very thick tufts of hair on upper ide. ¢d. Fuscous ; palpi at base, pectus, and ventral surface of abdomen white; legs black and white. Fore wing with sub- basal hyaline point in cell ; quadrate antemedial spots in cell, the latter with a similar spot below it; a lunulate mark just beyond the cell composed of five almost conjoined spots between veins 3 and 8, the two middle ones larger. Hind wing witb oblique dark medial line ending above tornus ; a quadrage discoidal hyaline spot with a short dark line on its outer edge; cilia of both wings with a fine white line at base. Hab. S. Nienria, Lagos (Boag), 1 3s, Sapele (F. W. Sampson), 3 & type. Exp. 24 mm. (40 c) Sylepta melanomma, Sp. n. 9. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown; palpi white with blackish bands at middle and extremity ; pectus and legs ochieous white, the fore tibiz with fuscous band at extiemity; abdomen ochreous white banded with brown, the terminal segment with blackish pateh, the veutral surface white. Fore wing ochreous white ; somewhat oblique blackish subbasal and antemedial bands, the latter confluent with a spoi on its outer side below the cell ; somewhat quadrate blackish spots in end . of cell and on discocellulars, confluent on median nervure, and a band from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the terminal area broadly blackish with a cupreous gloss, an ochreous-white postmedial bar on it from costa to vein 6 ; cilia whitish. Hind wing ochreous white ; a faint diffused dark subbasal band; a blackish discoidal spot ; a dark post- medial band, oblique to vein 8, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell and oblique to above tornus; terminal area blackish with a cupreous gloss, joined at vein 2 by a spur from postmedial band and with an ochreous-white sub- Species of Pyralidee. 9 terminal band on it from vein 4 to near tornus ; cilia white at base, dark at tips. Hab. S. Nicerta, Ilesha (Humfrey), 2 9 type. Eup. 26-28 mm. (44a) Sylepta vylocraspis, sp. n. 9. Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous yellow tinged with red-brown; palpi whitish at base ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing orange-yellow, the costa tiuged with fulvous, a broad terminal red-brown band ; an indistinct curved brown antemedial line; a small brown spot in middle of cell and larger discoidal spot ; postmedial line brown, strong and obliquely incurved from costa to the terminal band at vein 5, at vein 2 retracted to below end of cell and erect to inner margin. Hind wing orange-yellow with a broad brown terminal band; an oblique brown discoidal striga ; postmedial line brown, rather strong, ex- curved between veins 5 and 2; the underside with the terminal band narrower. Hab. Natau, Durban (Innes), 29 type. Exp. 32-34 mm. — (506) Sylepta holopheaiis, sp. n. 6. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown ; palpi white at base, black towards tips ; pectus, greater part ‘of legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; genital tufts ochreous. Fore wing brown with a cupreous gloss ; traces of a dark antemedial line, a slight dark discoidal lunule ; an indistinct dark postmedial line shghtly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and erect to inner margin. Hind wing brown with a cupreous gloss ; a faint dark postmedial line, slightly excuryed between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and oblique to tornus. Hab, Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 g type. Eup. 28 mio. (0c) Sylepta semilugens, sp. n. dg. Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous yellow; palpi whitish at base ;- pectus aid legs whitish, the tore femora at extremity and tibiz above brownish. Fore wing with the basal area fulvous yellow with subbasal black spot on inner margin; a medial pale yellow band with the costal area fulvous and a slight brownish point in middle of cell; the terminal half pale brownish with faint dark discoidal bar 10 Sir G. F. Hampson on new and some yellowish on costa beyond middle. Hind wing with the basal half pale yellow, the terminal half pale brownish. Underside of fore wing with slight fuscous discoidal spot and diffused brownish postmedial baud, bent inwards below vein 2; hind wing with slight black subbasal spot in upper part of cell and diffused brownish postmedial band. Hab. W. Arnica, Cameroons (Sjostedt), 1 3 type. Exp. 42 mm. (50 d) Sylepta acridentalis, sp. n. &. Yellow; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; fore tibiz banded with brown, mid tibie streaked with brown. Fore wing with curved, somewhat waved and diffused antemedial line from subcostal nervure to mner margin ; a dark point in middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; postmedial line strongly and rather irregularly dentate, oblique, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 and with diffused dentate band across its sinus. Hind wing with oblique diffused somewhat dentate band from costa beyond middle to tornus, towards which it narrows and with dentate line beyond it between veins 5 and 2; the apical part of costal area suffused with brown. Hab. 8.W. New Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 g type. Exp. 32 mm. (51 c¢) Sylepta retractalis, sp. n. ¢o. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow, the neck with fulvous ring, the abdomen with faint fulvous-yellow segmental bands ; palpi white at base, fulvous at tips ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibize yellowish. Fore wing pale yellow, the costa and veins tinged with fulvous ; antemedial line fuscous, oblique; a fuscous dis- coidal bar; postmedial line fuscous, slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell, and oblique to inner margin near antemedial line; a fuscous terminal line and a fine line through the cilia which are whitish at tips. Hind wing pale yellow; a fuscous discoidal spot; postmedial line fuscous, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and oblique to above tornus ; a fuscous terminal line and a line through the cilia which are whitish at tips. Hab. Goupv Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 2 g type. Hap. 24 mm. Species of Pyralide. 11 (52a) Sylepta heliochroa, sp. n. 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen very pale yellow; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore legs faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing very pale yellow, the costa whitish, the termen with faint dark shade expanding at apex. Hind wing very pale yellow. ?. Abdomen dorsally fulvous except at base ; fore wing without trace of the terminal shade. Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 3, 2 ¢ type. Exp. 30 mm. (52 b) Sylepta tetrathyralis, sp. n. 3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; palpi with the third joint black ; maxillary palpi black above ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing orange-yellow, the medial area suffused with fulvous except the costal area and inner margin ; the costal edge black ; a hyaline spot from middle of cell to above vein 1 connected with a hyaline point beyond it in cell; a yellow point at upper angle of cell and a hyaline spot beyond lower angle between veius 5 and 2; an indistinct diffused waved sub- terminal line, incurved from vein 6 to below 5. Hind wing orange-yellow ; some fulvous suffusion on basal inner area ; a small dark brown mark on median nervure near base followed by a hyaline patch from middle of cell to submedian fold, then a fulvous-brown patch extending to beyond cell with a hyaline spot on it beyond lower angle, somewhat constricted at middle ; an indistinct, rather diffused, waved fulvous subterminal line. Hab. 8.W. New Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 ¢ type. Hep. 26 mm. (59 a) Sylepta attenualis, sp. n. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with brown; ab- domen pale ochreous dorsally tinged with brown and with paired subdorsal black points on third segment, in male very elongate and attenuated ; wings thinly scaled. Fore wing elongate and produced at apex ; pale ochreous irrorated with brown especially on costal area to postmedial line ; a subbasal black spot ou inner margin; an oblique sinuous fuscous ante- medial line ; a black point in middle of cell and discoidal bar ; postmedial line fuscous, bent outwards below veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique to inner margin; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia whitish 12 Sir G. F. Hampson on new tinged with fuscous. Hind wing pale ochreous irrorated with brown especially on disk; a slight fuscous discoidal bar ; postmedial line fuscous, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted and oblique to above tornus; a fine black terminal line, reduced to points in female ; cilia whitish with a slight fuscous line near base. ; Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Lagari (Belton), 1 3 type, Ndimu (Betton), 1 9, Uganda Ry. Mile 478 (Betton), 1 ¢, E. Quaso (Betton), 1 3,19. Ezxp., § 40, 9 34mm. (60 a) Sylepta glaucalis, sp. n. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown tinged with olive ; palpi fuscous, white at base; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; fore tibiz and tarsi banded with fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown tinged with olive ; a slight waved dark antemedial line; an indistinct dark point iu middle of cell and discoidal Junule ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent out- wards between veins 6 and 2, then retracted to below angle of cell; aslight dark terminal line and line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown tinged with olive ; a slight oblique dark discoidal striga ; postmedial line bent outwards and minutely dentate between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and sinuous to tornus; a fine dark terminal line and line at base of cilia. Hab. Venezvueta, Palma Sol, 1 ¢; Paracuay, Sapucay (Foster), 14 3,1 2 type. Hap. 28-30 mm. (70 a) Sylepta glaucosia, sp. n. Sathria cephalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 242 (part.). Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous brown mixed with whitish, the last with the medial segments darker and with slight white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale glaucous grey, the costa white with a fulvous streak below it; a fuscous subbasal shade from cell to inner margin followed by a whitish band ; a quadrate semihyaline white spot just beyond the discocellulars. Hind wing pale glaucous grey with the basal area semihyaline white; cilia white. Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer),1 2 ; Guatrmaua, Zapote (Champion), 1g, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 $ type. Lap. 28-32 mm. (71a) Sylepta diacymalis, sp. n. Epicorsia butyrosa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 212 (part.), nee ~ Butl. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow mixed with Species of Pyralide. 13 white ; palpi black, white in front except at tips; shoulders with black bars with some fulvous above; fore tibize banded with black. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous yellow and faintly irrorated with grey, the costa pure white, except at base which is fulvous ; a faint oblique grey antemedial line; a slight white discoidal striga; postmedial line in- distinet, grey, oblique from vein 8 to discal fold, bent outwards from vein 5 to below 3, then retracted to below angle of cell and obiique and sinuous to inner’ margin. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with grey; a faint grey discoidal striga; postmedial line indistinct, grey, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below end of cell and again excurved. Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (H. H. Smith), 1 & type; Gua- TEMALA, San Gerénimo (Champion), 1 ¢, Guatemala City (Rodriguez), 19 ; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 g, Jrazu (Rogers), 1 ¢; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 2 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hep. 40-48 mm. (73a) Sylepta pheophlebalis, sp. n. 6. White; palpi, tegule, and prothorax tinged with orange ; fore tibiz and tarsi tinged with fuscous. Fore wing with rather diffused brown streaks on the veins, stronger on subcostal and median nervures and veins 8,7,4,1. Hind wing with faint brown streaks on median nervure and veins 5 tol. Underside of fore wing with the costal area and termen tinged with fuscous, a slight discoidal bar; hind wing with the termen narrowly fuscous. Hab. Pexv, Rio Colorado (Watkins & Tomlinson), 1 3 type. Eap. 34 mm. (75 6) Sylepta atrisquamalis, sp. n. @ . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white ; palpi with black band at base of second joint and streak above; frons with black bar above ; fore legs black in front except the tarsi. Fore wing yellowish white ; small spots formed of aggregated black scales beyond lower angle of cell below veins 5, 4, 3. Hind wing yellowish white with an irroration of large black scales in, beyond, and below end of cell. Hab. Germ. EL. Arnica, Bueni (Neave), 1 9 type. Exp. 32 mm. (76 6) Sylepta brunnescens, sp. n. Hedylepta terricolalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii, p. 269 (part.), nec Moschl. ?. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown ; palpi 14 Sir G. F. Hampson on new brown, whitish at base; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing pale reddish brown, the inner half rather paler; traces of a sinuous antemedial line; a faint dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; posenved al line indistinct, slightly curved from costa to vein 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and again excurved ; ‘a fine pale line at base of cilia followed by a dark line. Hind wing pale reddish brown, the basal and inner areas whitish; a slight dark discoidal bar; post- medial line indistinct, dark, slightly sinuous from costa to vein 2, then obsolete ; a fine pale line at base of cilia followed by a dark line; the underside with the postmedial line slightly bent inwards at vein 2 and continued to inner margin. Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Atoyac (H. H. Smith), Lees Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Brazizt, Rio Janeiro, 1? type. Hap. 30 mm. (86 a) Sylepta prorogata, sp. n. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white; palpi with blackish bands at extremities of first. and second joints ; tegule brownish at base; fore tibize with fuscous band ; abdomen with subdorsal fuscous points on second segment, faint brownish segmental lines, subdorsal black points on penultimate seg ment and bar on terminal segment, the extremity tinged with orange. Fore wing ochreous white ; ; basal blackish spots on costa and below cell; a subbasal black striga from costa and point below the cell, with fuscous points beyond them in and below the cell ; antemedial line blackish with spot at costa, oblique to median nervure; two sinuous bars at middle of cell and two at discocellulars ; the veins beyond the cell streaked with blackish; postmedial line slightly waved, angled outwards at vein 5, oblique to vein 2, then excurved, a curved wayed line arising from it at vein 5 and joining it again at vein 2; a curved waved subterminal line from costa to vein 2 and patch further from termen in submedian interspace ; a slightly waved terminal line; cilia black at tips. Hind wing ochreous white ; two black striz at discocellulars ; an oblique medial line from cell to vein 1 and an oblique line from lower angle bent inwards to inner margin above tornus; postmedial line angled outwards at veins 6 and 5, then oblique to above tornus, an irregularly waved line beyond it from costa to vein 2; a subterminal line from costa to vein 2, slightly excurved at middle; a terminal line; cilia yellow at base and with black line through them. Hab, Surinam, Paramaribo (Lllacombe), 1 3 type; Br. Species of Pyralide. 15 Guana, Rockstone (Rodway), 1 3,12? ; Brazit, Amazons, Para, 19. Hep. 22-24 mm: (86 c) Sylepta polycymalis, sp. n. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow; palpi with black spot at end of second joint; frons with black spot above ; tegulie with two brown spots, patagia with three spots ; fore and mid femora at extremity and fore tibiz at extremity with black bands ; abdomen with dorsal brown hands. Fore wing pale yellow ; two black points ou base of costal area followed by a curved line, then a series of black points; an oblique slightly waved antemedial line, followed by a brown annulus from costa to median nervure and another below the cell; a brown bar from costa to lower angle of cell; a waved post- medial line bent outwards between veins Gand 2, then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique to inner margin and with a waved line across its sinus between veins 6 and 2, and an oblique bar from it at vein 2 to tornus ; a waved subterminal line from costa to vein 5 connected with termen by a brown patch between veins 6 and 5, some subterminal points on inner balf; a strong blackish terminal line; cilia with a blackish line through them. Hind wing pale yellow; < rather diffused sinuous subbasal line from subcostal nervure to inner margin ; an oblique discoidal bar and oblique line from lower angle of cell to tornus ; a waved postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then oblique to above tornus, with an irregularly waved line on its inner side from costa to vein 2; a waved subterminal line from costa to vein 2; a strong blackish terminal line expanding into a slight patch at apex ; a brown line through the cilia. Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 $ type; Uecanpna, Gondokora (Reynes-Coles), 1 2; Br. C. AFRICA, Zomba (Johnston), 1 9 ; Gazauanp, Chirinda Forest (Mar- shall), 1 3 ; Nava, Victoria district (Gooch), 1 ¢, Durban (Leigh), 1 g. Hap. 26 mm. (88 ¢) Sylepta strigicincta, sp. n. @. Head and thorax orange-yellow; palpi red-brown towards tips; fore and mid legs suffused with red-brown ; abdomen clothed with white scales, the base brown, the extremity fulvous yellow. Fore wing orange-yellow ; slight subbasal brownish spots in cell and above inner margin ; the costa brownish to the excurved dark antemedial line, which is incurved and obsolescent at vein 1; a -black discoidal lunule ; postmedial line formed of small fuscous spots in the 16 Sir G. F. Hampson on new interspaces, arising below costa, incurved at vein 7, excurved to vein 2, then bent inwards; a series of dark striz just before termen ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing orange-yellow ; a black discoidal spot; postmedial line rather diffused, fuscous, excurved between veins 5 and 2and slightly below submedian fold; a series of dark striz just before termen; cilia fuscous. Hab. Wicuapor, Quevedo, 1 2 type. Hep. 34 mm. (92 a) Sylepta sticligramma, sp. n. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; palpi with black bands ; basal joint of antenne with black point in front ; vertex of head with black point ; fore tibiz and tarsi banded black and white; abdomen with two dorsal black bands with white bands before them towards extremity. Fore wing orange; obliquely placed subbasal black spots on costa and inner margin; antemedial black spots at costa, below cell, and inner margin, the costal spot nearer the base ; a black discoidal bar; a postmedial series of black points, slightly excurved below vein 7 and bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, ending with a more prominent spot in submedian fold nearer the base ; cilia black with a metallic gloss at tips. Hind wing orange; a postmedial punctife srm_ black line, slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted and with more prominent spot in submedian fold; cilia black at base, silvery grey at tips. Hab. Bauamas, Nassau (Bonhote), 1 3,1 2 type; Cusa, Santiago (Schaus),1 6. Hap. @ 26, 9 24mm. 92 d) Sylepta orthogramma, sp. n. ylep 9 I ¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; tegule with medial black spot; fore tibize whitish with blackish band at extremity ; hind tarsi slightly ringed with blackish towards extremity ; abdomen with subdorsal blackish spots on second segment, the terminal half dorsally suffused with fuscous and with two white bands, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing orange ; an oblique black almost basal line ; a strong black antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; a point in middle of cell and discoidal spot; a strong black postmedial line, oblique below discal fold and with cupreous-brown suffusion beyond it between veins 6 and 4, diffused at termen to apex; a black terminal line; cilia fuscous at tips. Hind wing orange; a slight blackish dis- coidal striga; postmedial line fuscous, oblique from costa to Species of Pyralidex. 17 submedian fold towards termen ; a black terminal line; cilia tinged with fuscous at tips. Hab. Cua, Santiago (Schaus), 1 g type. Exp. 30 mm. (93a) Sylepta planeflava, sp. n. ?. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the last with the base white ; fore tibize with fuscous band at extremity, the tarsi ringed with fuscous towards extremity ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing yellow with very faint traces of deeper yellow antemedial line, discoidal bar, and postmedial line oblique below discal fold. Hind wing rather paler yellow. Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mafalu (Pratt), 1 2? type. Exp. 34 mm. (93 6) Sylepta holochralis, sp. n. 2. Uniform orange-yellow ; palpi with black spot on first joint ; mid femora at extremity and base of tibize black. Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Tanga, 1 2 type. Hzp. 32 mm. (100 a) Sylepta methyalinalis, sp. n. ¢. Head and thorax black-brown, the vertex of head whitish; palpi banded with whitish; antenne ringed black and white; thorax with some leaden-grey scales ; pectus and legs white, the fore femora and tibiz with black bands at extremities, the mid tibiz brown above; abdomen brown, with white band on second segment and white rings on medial segments, the ventral surface white. Fore wing cupreous brown; the costal area fulvous yellow to post- medial line; a sinuous dark antemedial line defined by white marks on each side with a small quadrate white spot beyond it in cell ; a quadrate hyaline white patch in end of cell; a slight pale discoidal striga ; postmedial line excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and angled outwards on vein 2, with trifid hyaline patch beyond it from costa to vein 5, two spots before it between veins 6 and 5, a patch in its sinus and a patch beyond it extending to termen above tornus, two spots beyond it above and below vein 2 and one before it in submedian interspace; a dark terminal line; cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing semihyaline white ; the base with slight blackish marks; a blackish discoidal annulus; a fine postmedial line excurved to near termen between veins 5 and 2, then re- tracted and interrupted to near tornus ; a black-brown apical Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. x. 2 18 Sir G. F. Hampson on new patch extending to vein 4 and a spot below vein 2; a fine terminal line; cilia white, chequered with black towards apex. Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 g type. Exp. 30 mm. (109 a) Sylepta achromalis, sp. n. 2. Pale brownish ochreous ; palpi fuscous above ; thorax tinged with fulvous ; fore tibize fuscous at extremities ; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white ; wings uniform glossy ochreous ; fore wing with faint dark point in middle of cell and discoidal lunule. Hab. 8. Leone (Clements), 1 2 type; Nicerta, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9 ; Camuroons (Sjostedt),19. Hap. 24 mm, (lll a) Sylenta disticta, sp. n. ¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown with a slight purplish-grey gloss ; palpi with the basal joint white ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen except at extremity whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown with a purplish-grey gloss; small white postmedial spots above and below vein 7 ; a punctiform white line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 3 type. Exp. 32 mm. Genus SYNGROPIA, nov. Type, 8. stzctica. Palpi upturned, the second joint reaching to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the third short, naked ; frons rounded; antenne of male ciliated. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle, straight and well separated from 8, 9, which are stalked ; 10 approximated to 8, 9 towards base. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 7. Syngropia stictica, sp. n. Notarcha echmisalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 248 (nec WIk.). Head and thorax yellowish white; fore tibize with blackish band at extremity ; abdomen yellowish white suffused with fulvous except at base and extremity and with subdorsal black spots on second segment. Fore wing yellowish white ; Species of Pyralide. 19 obliquely placed subdorsal blackish spots below costa and above inner margin ; an antemedial bar from below costa to median nervure and a bar above inner margin; postmedial line blackish, forming slight spots at veins, excurved between veins 6 and 3, then incurved ; terminal blackish spots above veins 6 and 38. Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white ; an oblique blackish postmedial bar between veins 6 and 3 and an oblique line from vein 2 to tornus; terminal blackish spots at apex and vein 3. Hab. Guatremata, San Gerdnimo (Champion), 1 ¢,1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. zp., 3 22, 2? 26 mm. (la) Lygropia pheocraspia, sp. n. Hind wing of male with a tuft of long hair from base of inner margin on underside. 3. Head and shoulders cupreous fuscous ; antenne pale ochreous ; tufts of hair on neck and thorax ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tibiz and tarsi suffused with fuscous; abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the costa fuscous, narrowly on postmedial area, the terminal area fuscous black, its inner edge slightly waved aud bent inwards at vein 2; a faint blackish ante- medial line, oblique to just below the cell; a black annulus in middle of cell and an oblique discoidal lunule defined by biack and connected by streaks at middle and lower extremity with the black postmedial line which is incurved at discal fold, excurved and minutely waved between veins 5 and 2, then bent inwards on vein 2 and with a spot below it; cilia whitish, chequered with blackish at apex and at veins 5 to 2. Hind wing ochreous white ; a black discoidal spot ; postmedial line blackish, with a spot at discal fold, excurved and minutely waved between veins 5 and 2, then bent inwards and with a spot below vein 2; the terminal area blackish with some ochreous on termen at middle; cilia whitish with a blackish line near base from apex to vein 2. Hab. W. Cotomsra, San Antonio (Palmer), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 28 mm. (6 a) Lygropia pogonodes, sp. nu. Hind wing of male with a large tuft of black hair on tornal half of inner margin on upperside. 36. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing orange-yellow ; a small round black discoidal spot ; terminal area faintly clouded with fuscous. Hind wing Qe 20 On new Species of Pyralide. orange-yellow, the terminal area faintly clouded with fuscous to vein 2; the tuft of hair on inner margin deep black. 9. Hind wing without the tuft of Nok hair on inner margin. Hab. N. Niceria, Baro (Macfie), 1 3 type; TRANSVAAL, White R. (Cooke), 1 9. Hap. 30 mm. (66) Lygropia hehosalis, sp. n. Mid tibize of male dilated, with a fold enclosing a tuft of long hair. hic ‘Deep orange ; fore tibie blackish at extremity. Fore wing with the costa blackish towards apex, the cilia black except at tornus. Hind wing with the termen slightly tinged with black at apex, the cilia black except at tornus. Hab. Arcrentina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 3 type. Exp. 20 mm. (6c) Lygropia flavivialis, sp. n. ¢. Brown; palpi in front, sides of frons, vertex of head, pectus, greater part of legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellow. Fore wing with oblique yellow medial band broad at costa, narrowing to inner margin. Hind wing with broad yellow band from middle of cosa to middle of ca men, widest at costa and termen ; cilia ar with a brown line through them. Hab. Brazti, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 8 type. Exp. 24 mm. (6d) Lygropia chrysozonalis, sp. n. 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a pur- plish gloss; palpi with white patches at base and in front of second joint, the third joint white ; frons with white patches _ at sides and orange band above and between antenne ; neck © with orange ring; fore tibize with white band ; tarsi white except at extremity ; ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing black-brown with a purplish gloss ; a very broad oblique orange band from middle of costa, towards which it expands, to terminal third of inner margin. Hind wing black-brown with a purplish gloss; a large wedge-shaped orange patch on costa from middle to just before termen extending to just below vein 4; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hab. Perv (P. O. Simons), 1 3 type. Exp. 24 mm, [To be continued. | Descriptions and Records of Bees. 21 II.—Descriptions and Records of Be V. By T. D. A. CockxereLi, University of Colorado. Bombus lateralis wilmatte, subsp. n. Worker.— Hair of ‘head black or with a little pale on front ; hair of thorax very pale yellow, with a broad black band between wings ; hair of abdomen pale yellow on first dorsal segment, middle half of second, and a small elongate triangle of yellow (sometimes nearly obsolete) on middle of third ; the apex of the little triangle points towards the second segment, the yellow of which is emarginate in the middle. Compared with a worker lateralis from Costa Rica (Bruner) our insect averages distinctly smaller (length about 13 mm.) ; the yellow hair is paler and includes the anterior and posterior parts of thorax above ; the ocelli are ‘distinctly smaller, and the malar space is perhaps a trifle shorter. The brownish wings are the same. Hab. Antigua; Guatemala (type locality), six (W. P. Cockerell) ;; Guatemala City, Guatemala, four (W. P. Cockerell). The original B. Jateralis, Sm., was described from the mountains of Guatemala, at a higher altitude than the localities of wilmatte. I think it is probable that the difference is only racial, the form from the higher altitudes being more melanic. It isthe Guatemala City form in which the yellow triangle on the third segment is evanescent. Psithyrus guatemalensis, sp. 0. 6 .—Length about 17 mm.; anterior wing 114. Black, with the elongate obconical abdomen ; malar space broader than long; antenne black, the fiagellum rather thick, its joints not in the least arcuate ; hair of head long and black, a little pale on lower part of front, that on top of head behind ocelli entirely very pale ochreous, but that on cheeks black; hair of thorax long and loose, very pale ochreous, a moderate amount of black on posterior middle of mesothorax and middle of scutellum, hair of hind part of pleura (especially a tuft beneath wings) and of metathorax black ; tegulze with a rufous spot posteriorly. Wings dusky, strongly reddish. Legs with black hair, that on inner side of tarsi dark red except at base ; hind tibia slender, convex ; hind basitarsi hardly as broad as tibie. Abdomen shining, with abundant black hair, but a large pale ochreous tuft at 22 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell—Deseriptions and each side of first segment, and small yellowish-white tufts on sides of segments 3 to 5, Distinguished from the North-American species by the colours of the pubescence ; also as follows :—Compared with P. tricolor, Franklin, it is rather less robust, and the hair of the abdomen is considerably shorter ; the wings are much redder; malar space shorter (its length perhaps a trifle greater than width of mandibles at base, but in ¢ricolor much greater) ; mandibles much more slender; third antennal joint shorter; hair of hind tibie and basitarsi very much shorter, mestly not longer than half diameter of leg. (The male of the Kuropean P. quadricolor, Lep., has even shorter hair on hind basitarsus, but long hair on the tibia. The male of the European P. campestris (Pauz.) has the hair on hind tibia and tarsus practically as in P. guatemalensis.) Hab. Guatemala City, Guatemala (W. P. Cockerell). The first Psithyrus from Central America. Anthophora usticauda, sp. n. ? Length about 10} mm. Black ; tarsi reddish at apex ; eyes green; antennz black ; clypeus with a rather broad, subapical, transverse, yellow band, interrupted in middle ; labrum densely and strongly punctured, yellow except narrow apical margin and a large spot at each upper corner ; mandibles with a large more or less bilobed yellow mark ; malar space almost obsolete ; hair of face and cheeks white, stained with ochreous on front ; hair of vertex long and black (not going so far forward as anterior ocellus), of occiput ochreous; hair of thorax above mixed pale fulvous and black, at sides and behind a livelier fulvous, without black, but on lower part of pleura white ; tegule rufo-piceous. Wings smoky, nervures black; ante- rior femora and trochanters with long white hair behind, Hair on outer side of legs fulvous (that of hind tibiz abun- dant, shining), but brush on end of hind basitarsus black ; hair on inner side of middle and hind tibice and basitarsi black ; spurs ferruginous. Abdomen ornamented with appressed, scale-like, rufo-piceous pile, with black hairs inter- mixed; the rufo-fulvous parts include rather narrow apical margin of first segment, broader margin of second, most of third except a narrow longitudinal median band and a large basal area on each side, fourth except a median stripe and a little space at extreme sides, fifth (the colour paler) except a large black median triangle ; beneath, the abdomen has white hair. Records of Bees. 23 Hab. Antigua, Guatemala (type locality), four (W. P. Cockerell) ; Amatitlan, Guatemala, one, Feb. 5, 1912 (W. P. Cockerell). The third abdominal segment may be without evident dark basal areas. This is a very red member of the subgenus Micranthophora, and is closely related to the Mexican Antho- phora squammulosa, Dours, differing by the absence of any border of dark hair to the abdominal segments, the black hair of vertex not mixed with white, the smoky wings, &c. Celioxys sanguinosus, sp. n. 9 .—Length about 11 mm. Black, with the tegulz and legs very bright ferruginous ; venter of abdomen also red, as well as first dorsal segment (except middle of apical margin narrowly), and sides of second and third more or less, the red extending suffusedly and obscurely over a good part of second ; mandibles stout, red, with black apex; lateral margins of labrum broadly red; eyes purplish, their hair very short; sides of face and region about antenne with pure white hair; clypeus finely hairy, but not enough to hide the finely rugose gently convex surface, the lower margin straight and entire; an- tennze entirely black; vertex with large punctures ; cheeks densely covered with white hair ; thorax with the usual hair- bands and spots, the dorsal ones creamy; mesothorax shining, with very large, not very dense punctures ; scutellum with large punctures, closely placed, but a small smooth space in the middle; middle of hind margin of scutellum with a small but conspicuous shining triangular tooth ; axillar spines straight, rather long, with large punctures. Wings dusky toward apex, a fuliginous purplish streak in upper part of marginal cell ; recurrent nervures joining second s.m. equally distant from base and apex. Hair on inner side of tarsi shining light yellowish. Abdomen with very narrow, entire, pure white hair-bands; first dorsal segment with scattered strong punctures; second to fifth rather well punctured basally, but beyond that smooth and with few punctures except at sides; last dorsal with small punctures and a feeble keel, the apex rather thick and very obtuse ; last ventral prolonged some distance beyond last dorsal, broad and spoon-shaped, margined with very short dark hair, neither notched at sides nor with a terminal appendage; penultimate ventral segment only moderately produced, sparsely punctured. Hab. Gualan, Guatemala (W. P. Cockerell). 24 Mr, 'T.D. A; Cockerell—Deseriptions and In my table in ‘ Psyche,’ October 1905, this runs to C. ter- ana, Cresson, which, however, has the middle and hind tarsi black, and differs in other ways. ‘The shape of the last dorsal segment resembles that of C. comstockii, Cress., but . there is a slight median nodule in the middle of the apical truncation; in other characters the insect is quite unlike comstockii. In Schrottky’s table of Brazilian species it runs to C. ignava, Sm., which has a quite different apex of abdomen. Xenoglossa assimilis (Smith). Quirigua, Guatemala; two males at flowers of [pomea sidefolia, Choisy, Feb. 12 and 20 (W. P. Cockerell). This is Melissodes assimilis, Smith; it is a Xenoglossa related to X. pruinosa, Say. The maxillary palpi are five- jointed, the fifth joint very short. Agapostemon proscriptus, sp. Nn. ? Bright green, with the size and general appearance of A. radiatus, Say, but differing as follows :—Base of meta- thorax coarsely rugose, without well-defined ridges; broad basal bands of white hair on abdominal segments 2 to 4 more conspicuous; knees (broadly), tibize, and tarsi ferru- ginous; hair on inner side of hind tarsi orange-fulvous ; second s.m. very broad, broader than high. The mandibles are light yellow basally and rufous apically ; the labrum is dark reddish. Hab. Guatemala City, Guatemala, two (W. P. Cockerell). Resembles the little-known , Femora of posterior legs curved and armed ventrally with processes .. Hodozoster, Loman. Zalmowis austerus, sp.n. (PI. I. figs. 1, 1 a.) 3. Body.—The shape of the body of this new species is very like that of Z. robusta, Sor., as figured by Sorensen, the cephalothoracic part of it being much narrower than and not nearly so high as the abdominal part. Scutum longer than the patella + the tibia of the fourth leg. It has five transverse grooves; the first one, which is well defined and procurved, forms the boundary between the cephalothoracic and abdominal parts of the scutum; the other grooves are not so distinct, the one between the first and second areas of the abdominal part being faint. First abdominal area large, but its length (when measured along the median line) is very much less than that of the cephalo- thoracic part. Except for three or four rather inconspicuous granules on each side of the anterior margin and for one or two lateral granules, the surface of the cephalothoraciec part is quite smooth. Numerous granules are present on the first abdominal area and a rather narrow transverse band of them is present on each of the three following areas ; the granules of which these bands are composed are not very regularly arranged, but they are usually about two deep. The last abdominal area has fewer granules on its surface than the other areas, and for the greater part of its width they are arranged in a single series only ; like those of the penultimate area, they are sharply pointed and directed backwards. There is also a Jongitudinal series of granules on each side of the scutum. Ocular tubercle situated near the anterior margin. It is elongated transversely, being considerably wider than long, and has no large processes of any kind on its surface, but is furnished with a number of granules, which are not arranged in a regular manner. Free dorsal segments.—The two anterior of the free dorsal segments each have a single transverse series of granules, similar to that on the last area (posterior margin) of the scutum ; on- the third free segment the granules are more numerous and less regular in arrangement and are mostly ranged about two deep. The fourth free dorsal segment has numerous granules and they are not arranged in series. Ventral surface.—Fourth coxa very much wider than the others. There are a number of distinct granules on the ventral surface of the first coxa, but only obsolete granules Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. x. 5 66 Mr. S. Hirst on new THarvest-men are to be seen on the other coxe. A transverse series of minute granules is present on each of the sternites. On each side of the first sternite there is a slight ridge which com- mences at the spiracle and runs forward for some distance. Chelicera.—Proximal segment short and quite smooth. Second segment moderately stout; dorsally it has only two or three obsolete granules, which carry hairs. Palp not very long. There are two or three very little granules on the dorsal surface of the trochanter, and a conical granule and two processes, one of which is long g, are situated on its lower surface. Femur armed with a single Jong spine on its inner side near the distal end ; ventrally it has three spines (and also a little tooth-like process), the two spines near its proximal end being much the longest. Patella with a long spine on the inner side. Tibia much higher and wider than the other segments of the palp ; it has three spines on each side, the distal one of the outer side being short. Tarsus with two long spines on each side and also with a very short distal spine on each side. Legs short ; the fourth is the longest and stoutest (when they are arranged according to length, their order is as follows : 4, 2, s iy Lhe denticles on the ventral surface of the femur of the fourth lee, especially those near the distal end, are larger than those of the rest of its surface. Tibia of fourth leg stoutest nearest the distal end; besides the denticles on its surface, it has a sharply pointed ventral process on each side near the distal end, the outer one being long. Number of tarsal segments 3, 7, 5, 6. Claws of poste- rior legs smooth. Yolour blackish brown. Appendages dark brown, but the coxe of the legs are pale above and the tarsi of all the legs, except those of the second pair, are rather pale also. Measurements in mm.—Length of body 41, of seutum 3°25. Material.—Two specimens from New Britain (Neu Pom- mern); one of which is an adult male and has the penis extruded. These specimens were collected by Prof. Willey in the year 1897. Remarks.—This new species resembles Z. pygmea, Sor., in having its ocular tubercle placed much nearer to the anterior margin than to the first transverse groove. ‘The shape and granulation of the body are, apparently, quite different to what they are in Z. pygmea, however. Genus VIMA, nov. Cephalothoracic part of scutum only slightly convex. Ocular tubercle low and transverse and much wider than of the Family Phalangodidee. 67 long ; on each side of its upper surface a minute and rather inconspicuous granule is present. Abdominal part of scutum furnished with a low whitish rounded eminence in the middle fi ft Palp armed with spi f tk al Phal: of its surface. Palp armed with spines of the usual Phalan- gogid type. [For their number and arrangement, see the specific description.] _ Fourth coxa not so very much broader than the third, instead of being very much broader than it, as in the Gonyleptide. Vima insignis, sp.n. (PI. I. fig. 2.) Dorsal surface. Scutum.—Both cephalothoracic and abdo- minal parts slightly convex ; transverse grooves ill defined, except the one which forms the boundary between the two principal parts of the scutum and that which is placed just in front of its posterior margin. [For the structure of the ocular tubercle, see the generic description.] A low rounded eminence, which is sometimes circular, sometimes oval in shape, is situated in the middle of the abdominal part of the scutum. Otherwise the scutum is almost smooth, for it has only a few very minute and inconspicuous granules on its surface, those of the transverse row, which occurs near the posterior margin, being perhaps the most distinct. Free dorsal segments each with a transverse row of minute and in- conspicuous granules, Ventral surface.—First coxa with a process in front, and with a transverse series of rather large granules on its anterior margin below, the outer ones being the largest. A transverse series of obsolete granules is usually present on the surface of each of the remaining coxee and a few granules are also present on the sternites. Chelicera.—On the inner side of the dorsal surface of the proximal segment two minute granules are present, and two or three little granules, which are slightly more distinct, also occur on the outer side. Second segment furnished with several granules on the inner side of its upper surface, but with one or two exceptions they are quite obsolete. Palp armed with long spines. Trochanter with only two minute granules below. Femur armed with an apical spine on its inner side, and with a ventral row of four spines, the two proximal ones being much larger than the other two. Patella with a single spine on its inner side. Tibia with two spines on its inner side, and sometimes it has also an additional little denticle distally ; on its outer side there are three spines and also a minute proximal denticle. ‘Tarsus with two spines on each side and a short apical spine on the ka 68 Mr. S. Hirst on new Ilarvest-men inner side also; the apical spine on the outer side is either quite obsolete or absent. Legs long. Their femora are furnished with very minute granules ; femur of first leg without any processes. Patellze of posterior legs with two or three minute granules at the distal end above. Apparently there is no scopula on the tarsi of the posterior legs and their claws are without teeth. Tarsal segments 7, ?, 7, 7. Colour.—Body and appendages brown; the eminence in the centre of the abdominal part of the scutum is white; segments of scutum also seemingly faintly outlined in white. Patellee and the distal ends of the femora and of the tibiz of the legs blackish. Measurements in mm.—Length of trunk 2°5, of first leg 16°25, of second (?), of third 21, of fourth 31. Material.—F our specimens collected by Rose Lloyd in the Higher Potaro River District, British Guiana. Ibalonius quadrigutiatus, sp.n. (PI. I. figs. 3, 3 a.) Scutum convex, and it is a little shorter than the tibia of the third leg. There are three pairs of thorns on its surface. Those of the first pair are long and they are situated at about a third of the length of the scutum from its anterior margin. They are followed at a short distance by the thorns of the second pair, which are quite short. The thorns of the third pair are long; they are placed at some distance in front of the posterior margin and are separated from it by a trans- verse groove. Some distance in front of this last pair of thorns there is a pair of little granules and then a transverse series of about four granules. A similar series is also present on the last area of the scutum. [I think that the first pair of thorns is placed on a part of the surface of the scutum corresponding to the hinder half of the cephalothoracic part, and that the second pair belongs to the first abdominal area ; the last pair of thorns belongs, without doubt, to the fourth abdominal area of the scutum. Owing to the absence of all of the transverse grooves, except the last one, it is difficult to be certain about this, however.] The distance which separates the eyes from one another is about twice that which separates them from the lateral margin. Hach eye is placed ona very slight elevation and a little arch-like structure, carrying a little pointed granule on its dorsal surface, joins each of these two elevations to the anterior margin of the scutum. of the Family Phalangodide. 69 A transverse series of little granules is present on each of the anterior free dorsal segments, but they are only distinct on the first one, the granules on the others being obsolete. Ventral surface.—'Vhere are a number of granules and some rather long conical processes on the ventral surface of the first coxa. The second coxa has a transverse row of little granules and also some scattered obsolete granules.